Joe Tidy investigates what may be the cruelest and most disturbing cyber attack in history. A breach so invasive it blurred the line between digital crime and psychological torture. This story might make your skin crawl.
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Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Assembled by Tristan Ledger.
Episode artwork by odibagas.
Mixing by Proximity Sound.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Transcript
[START OF RECORDING]
JACK: So, you first came on my radar when I was researching this story. I think it was video game cheats, and I was like, trying desperately to find video game ó people who are selling video game cheats, and nobody wanted to talk with me on the record.
